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generator) would present difficulties. The oxy-acetylene (and other oxy-fuel gas mixtures) welding torch remains a mainstay heat source for manual brazing...

Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula C2H2 and structure H−C≡C−H. It is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne...

A torch is a stick with combustible material at one end which can be used as a light source or to set something on fire. Torches have been used throughout...

pulls the nozzle and hose of an oxy-acetylene torch from his belt to cut through a steel door (the tanks for the torch are not shown); to compound this mistake...

being demolished “to make way for a new hotel and shopping center,” an acetylene torch caught the debris on fire and finished the process. Architect Melvin...

his oxy-acetylene torch to alter stolen cars and for safe-cracking. He is also known to scavenge in swamps for enjoyment and to make money. Torch was first...

much tougher than carbon steel when heated. It can be cut with an oxy-acetylene torch, but plasma or laser cutting is the preferred method. Despite its extreme...

oxyhydrogen torch can only reach 2800 °C. This is the third-hottest flame after dicyanoacetylene at 4987 °C and cyanogen at 4525 °C. An acetylene torch merely...

ties him up to a post in the shed. After torturing him with a oxy–acetylene torch, O'Connor reveals that he is responsible for sending pictures of children...

A Carbide lamp or acetylene gas lamp is a simple lamp that produces and burns acetylene (C2H2), which is created by the reaction of calcium carbide (CaC2)...

Caroline Coon described the song as "played with the force of an acetylene torch". On its release in March 1977, the New Musical Express declared, "'White...

stealing CCTV recording units and melting safe doors using an oxy acetylene torch. A woman fell to her death from the 4th floor at the new wing on 19...

as a taxi. The gold thieves soon find Paco, and threaten to use an acetylene torch to cut up Herbie if Paco doesn't give them the film, which Paco put...

one of the simpler procedures is repeatedly to heat a part with an acetylene torch set with a fuel-rich flame and quench it in a carbon-rich fluid such...

heated bars of lead and flowed the lead onto the body with an oxygen-acetylene torch similar to work done by a tin smith. The bars of lead were solder,...

skeleton. The police were called to the scene and they used an oxy-acetylene torch to cut the cylinder open. The contents were revealed to be a complete...

attempting to salvage equipment damaged after the volcanic eruption. Using acetylene torches, they noticed that the intense heat was melting the nearby volcanic...

removed one of the igniters and instead used the flame from an oxy-acetylene torch to ignite the fuel in the combustion chamber. The igniter had to be...

wire, but quick-acting sailors were able to sever the wire with an acetylene torch before damage resulted. The cruiser went to the bottom with a portion...

was castrated and disemboweled, his face had been burned off with an acetylene torch and he and Renno also had their throats slashed. James "Jimmy the Bomber"...